The USC School of Dramatic Arts would like to recognize the generosity of the following individuals and organizations who have supported the School over the past year towards core programs such as professional development, scholarship, new facilities and the Dean’s Strategic Fund. We recognize at the visionary level those donors whose tremendous generosity has reached the cumulative giving level of $1 million+. Their extraordinary commitment has built the foundation for our continued ascent and future achievements.
| VISIONARY CIRCLE | |
| Anonymous* (4) Dr. and Mrs. Peter Bing and the Anna H. Bing Living Trust Lauren and Mark Booth* George N. Burns Trust Roger and Michele Dedeaux Engemann* | Katherine B. Loker Martin Massman Trust Robert and Elizabeth Plumleigh —In Memory of Karen Plumleigh Cortney* Alice, Teresa and Byron Pollitt |
| DEAN’S CIRCLE | |
| Anonymous* (2) The Auen Foundation Rama Backer* Victoire and Owsley Brown III* George and Dyan Getz* | The H.N. and Frances C. Berger Foundation Michael P. Huseby Family* Steve and Jerri Nagelberg* Richard and Diane Weinberg |
| PATRONS OF TRIBUTE | |
| Albert and Bessie Warner Fund Joan Beber Grant Fund of the Jewish Community Foundation* The Ella Fitzgerald Charitable Foundation Michael and Debbie Felix* | Vida and Kourosh Gohar* Marilou and Mark Hamill Family* Carla and Bill Pelster* Linda Bernstein Rubin and Tony Rubin* |
| SEASON SPONSORS | |
| Anonymous (2) Connie Britton Christine and Gabriel Dassa* The Lawrence and Megan Foley Family Foundation Lori and Simon Furie Kristin and Warren Geller* | Perry C. Hoffmeister and Hilary C. Hoffmeister* Pamela and Mark Litvack* LoCasale Consulting, Inc.* Michael and Melissa Meyers* The Polos Family Karyn and Paul Staubi* Jeff and Cathie Thermond |
| EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS | |
| Anonymous The California Wellness Foundation Legendary | Alexander and Megan LoCasale* Adrienne Visnic* |
| PRODUCERS | |
| Anonymous Gregory Caruso Terence Dedeaux and Christine Marie Dedeaux EPIX Entertainment, LLC Kathryn and John Gilbertson The Heslov Family | Cindy Kahn and Steve Marker Jeff Kribs Christine Marie Ofiesh The Phil Allen Mentorship Scholarship Rik Reppe and Shauna Torok Reppe James and Leslie Visnic* Noelle L. Wolf |
| DIRECTORS | |
| Anonymous Chris and Jennifer Andrews Randolph and Ellen Beatty Todd S. Black and Ruth Graham Black MaryLou O. Boone Kate and Joe Cannova Michael and Michelle Chiklis Eileen Cornish —In Memory of Michael Keenan Sumner and Angela Erdman Kristin Fontes Brad and Ally Fuller Eugene and Wendy Garcia | Lorena Gonzalez Allison and Keyes Hill-Edgar Lynn Hunt-Gray and Robert Gray Gary and Karen Lask Babette Markus Mark and Sandra Nelson Sally and Howard Oxley Joni Ravenna Sussman Rik Toulon University Advancement USC Alumni Association Drs. Kellie Yoon and Stephen Treiman |
| PATRONS | |
| Anonymous —In Honor of Mark and Marilou Hamill Sheri and Andrew Ball Clara Y. Bingham and Joe G. Finnerty III Emanuel Bachmann Foundation —In Memory of Emanuel O. Bachmann, B.S. 1932 | Melvin and Doris Hughes Dennis Cornell Lenahan Mark Marion and Sheila Grether-Marion J.W. Woodruff and Ethel I. Woodruff Foundation |
| ANGELS | |
| Jonathan and Adrienne Anderle Theodore V. Arevalo Mark H. Bevan Jack Bleck Pamela and Chris Canter Els Collins Regina K. Eremia Trust James Fousekis Lorraine J. Gildred-Conlan Catherine and Burnett Hansen LATC Deborah Mack | Dr. Willa Olsen Mary Reveles Pallares Madeline Puzo—In Honor of Els Collins Mona and Benjamin Raffle Irene and Andrew Robinson Abe and Annika Somer Marissa Stahl The Sykes Family The Performers Mindset – Joe Towne John Villacorta Rafael Yglesias and Ann Packer Linda Yu |
| BENEFACTORS | |
| Hossein Akbari and Maria C. Akbari-Feo Janet Billups Kate Burton and Michael Ritchie Scot and Wendy Claus Michael and DeAnna Colglazier Rob Cutietta and USC Glorya Kaufman School of Dance / USC Thornton School of Music Tate Donovan Suzanne Durrell and Ian McIsaac Dr. David Emmes and Ms. Paula Tomei Sara Fousekis and Greg Derelian Mark and Glenda Hilliard JP Karliak Matthew and Heather Lillard Dorinda Marticorena and Steve Slater Pamela Monroe | Scott S. Mullet and Jenelle Anne Marsh-Mullet Elizabeth O’Connell Albert and Kathleen Osterloh —In Honor of Michele Engemann Nancy Ritter The Roxworthy Family Michael Charles Solomon Samuel Sonenshine Stanley’s Garden Foundation —In Honor of Michele Engemann Nancy and Peter Tuz USC Town and Gown —In Honor of Michele Engemann Mark Varo Daria T. Yudacufski |
| CHAMPIONS | |
| Anonymous Anschutz Film Group, LLC Molly Basler Cindy Chanin Elizabeth Daley Seana Daley Chris Funk Emily and Rollin Gallagher Casey Gardner J.T. Garcia Tyson R. Gaskill Kim Gillingham Marty Gonzalez Yessica Gonzalez | Ezekiel Goodman Andrew Grumpert Brendan Hedges Mary Lou Karliak Nancy and Jack Larson John and Eva Lino Jan and Michael MacDougal Veronica McFarlane Michael J. Moore Jana Norris Amy Ross Natalie Summerfield Sibyl Wickersheimer |
| FRIENDS | |
| John J. Adams Anthony and Angelle Albright Hugo Alvarado Alzheimer’s Los Angeles Thomas Cunningham Anawalt Brenda Kadrie Anderson and Brian Anderson Erin Anderson —In Honor of Tina Haatainen Jones Andrei Belgrader Briana Nicole Billups Brent Blair Dr. Julie R. Brannan Debbie Brendel and Barron Wall Matthew and Margaret Breslin Robin and Robert Burg Andrew R. Caddes Michael Cantor Paula Cizmar John and Eva Coffey Donald Collins William and Nancy Dannevik Donald Dean David Dixon Whitney Ellis Linda E. Ewing Donald B. Fields and Myla Lichtman-Fields Noah Finn—In Memory of Jack Rowe Jill and Jonathan Fisher Lori Ray Fisher and Eric Fisher Paula Forrest Sara Fox Andre Garner Michael and Antoinette Garrett Cheryl Geremia and Richard Schulsohn Johnny and Marie Gillespie Jason Ginsburg Maryellen Gleason and Kim Ohlemeyer Professor Jenny Guthrie and Andrew Wedemeyer Estelle and Matthew Hicks Allyson Hill David Hornblower Collie and Charlie Hutter Nona Johnson Michael Kuser Matthew Lebowitz Patrick and Elisabeth Ledwell Yeon Jin Lee Mary Lewis Brandon Lim Brooke MacDougal Edward Manning and Laurie Anne Wood-Manning | Alexander Tri Minh Nguyen Ogunyemi Olubukola Ogunmola Professor Natsuko M. Ohama Yoni Ovadia Richard O’Young Jeffrey Parker David and Pamela Patch —In Honor of Kimberly A. Patch Timothy James Pauer Jeff Perry Nancy L. Pierandozzi Leslie Ann Pittman Peter Ploszek Yelena Podkolzina Craig Questa Mark Riggs Dr. Robin Romans Philip and Christina Ronstadt Laura Obiorah Jasmine Marie Mencias Jennifer and David Mitchell —In Honor of Matthew Mitchell Patrick Brian Murphy Kathleen Dunn-Muzingo Virginia Ross Amanda and Daniel Sanderson Joshua and Violeta Sapkin Talia Saraceno Donald Schmidt and William Purves Sarah Schuessler Angela Scott Pranav Shah Michele Shay Rick and Jeanne Silverman Ashley K. Singh Patrick Skelton Dean and Cherie Stebner —In Honor of Zachary Steel Margaret and Robert Stratford Beverly Suzuki and Adrian Lopez Charles L. Swick and Linda M. Reilly-Swick Natsuki Takano Danielle Thorpe Jason Turner Eleanor E. Vade Bon Coeur Delphine and Matt Vasko Sabina Zuniga Varela Jamie and David Way James J. and Laurie Hom Wen Laura West Lauren Willems Grace E. Wright Brett Wyman Guiyan and Xinwen Xue |
| IN-KIND DONORS | |
| Amy King Dundon-Berchtold University Club of USC Anonymous Balboa Bay Resort and Club Del Mar Thoroughbred Club Dulce Elyse Walker The Larry and Megan Foley Family Foundation Gale’s Restaurant Vida and Kourosh Gohar Mark and Marilou Hamill Greg Holford IWC Schaffhausen Lavo Restaurant | LoCasale Consulting, Inc. Lucky Bird Fried Chicken Linda and Tony Rubin Christine Marie Ofiesh Palm Springs Women in Film and Television (PSWIFT) The Pink Pig Pure Hermosa Health and Skincare Smokehouse Pictures TAO Group The Resort at Pelican Hill USC Alumni Association USC Athletics USC Hotel |
| *Represents multi-year pledge |
We hope you will consider becoming a member. For more information about giving to the School of Dramatic Arts, please contact Sara Fousekis at 213-821-4047 or fousekis@usc.edu.
This article appeared in the 2021-22 issue of Callboard magazine. Read more stories from the issue online.